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The Rangers may not be coming out of their break with the best record, but they are certainly playing their best hockey since October. The Blueshirts have had three straight games of dominating control, and while you can pass off the Flyers and Devils games as bad opponents, they controlled the Tampa game as well. That’s cause for optimism, especially with the woeful Kings coming to town.

More cause for optimism: David Quinn is dressing his best 18 skaters available tonight. It will be 11 forwards and 7 defensemen, but Tony DeAngelo will be that 7th defenseman, possibly skating on the fourth line regularly. For all of his maturity issues, DeAngelo over McLeod is a major net-positive on the ice.

Kings Lines

Alex Iafallo-Anze Kopitar-Dustin Brown
Brendan Leipsic-Jeff Carter-Tyler Toffoli
Carl Hagelin-Adrian Kempe-Ilya Kovalchuk
Kyle Clifford-Michael Amadio-Austin Wagner

Derek Forbort-Drew Doughty
Alec Martinez-Oscar Fantenberg
Dion Phaneuf-Paul LaDue

PP1: Kovalchuk-Kopitar-Carter-Brown-Doughty
PP2: Iafallo-Kempe-Leipsic-Toffoli-Martinez

Jonathan Quick gets the start.

Rangers Lines 

Chris KreiderMika ZibanejadMats Zuccarello
Pavel Buchnevich–Kevin HayesJesper Fast
Filip ChytilRyan Strome–Vlad Namestnikov
Tony DeAngelo–Boo Nieves-Pavel Buchnevich

Brady SkjeiAdam McQuaid
Marc StaalNeal Pionk
Brendan Smith-Kevin Shattenkirk

PP1: Zibanejad-Kreider-Zuccarello-Strome-Namestnikov
PP2: Buchnevich-Chytil-Hayes-DeAngelo-Shattenkirk

Henrik Lundqvist gets the start.

Scratches/Injuries: Fredrik Claesson (shoulder), Brett Howden (knee), Cody McLeod (healthy)

Crazy Prediction: DeAngelo hat trick.

Game time is 7pm.

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